Chinese Language and Culture for Foreign Students-Courses Design Framework in the University of Hong Kong as a Model

Yeuk Hung To; Yan Yan Chan; Yuk Yeung; Hong Yang

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Chinese Language and Culture for Foreign Students-Courses Design Framework in the University of Hong Kong as a Model

Yeuk Hung To, Yan Yan Chan, Yuk Yeung, Hong Yang

Published in International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 25 June 2019 Accepted: 23 July 2019 Published: 8 August 2019

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There is a remarkable increase in the number of foreign students coming to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to study Mandarin in recent years. As Chinese Language is one of the hottest subjects for them to choose, in 2017, there are about 950 foreign students (undergraduates or exchange students) studying Chinese as a Foreign Language courses in the University of Hong Kong. Compared with teaching Mandarin in Beijing or Shanghai, Mandarin teachers and foreign learners have to take much more challenges inside as well as outside the classroom because 97% of the population in Hong Kong speaks Cantonese. In this paper, we demonstrate our curriculum design of Chinese as a Foreign Language courses from Level One to Level Eight and a Chinese history and culture course titled as “Exploration of Major Cultural Themes across Chinese History” at the University of Hong Kong. The medium of instruction of these courses is bilingual. We would systematically explore the detailed structure and design of courses based on our teaching team over these years of solid practice, with the aim to show a model in this area for the international educational academia to refer to.

Published in	International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijecs.20190402.13
Page(s)	42-47
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Chinese Language Course, Chinese Culture, Foreign Student, Model, HKU

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Yeuk Hung To

School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yan Yan Chan

School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yuk Yeung

School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Yang

School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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